Adelaide United all in for David Beckham

Adelaide chairman Greg Griffin last night told The Advertiser the club had instructed its football director Michael Petrillo to make contact with the superstar's agent - once his contract with LA Galaxy ends this year.

Despite Beckham's agent denying reports Australia may be a destination, it's understood his management doused the A-League flame because Beckham is still in season with LA Galaxy.

"Once David Beckham ends his season with LA Galaxy the race is on,'' Griffin said.

"We don't want to cause any dramas for him or his club right now, we respect the position he is in but we're serious at getting one of the world's best known footballers to Adelaide United.

"We are positioning ourselves to give us the best possible chance.''

Griffin also revealed Adelaide will not consider playing any of their home matches outside of Hindmarsh Stadium if they lured Beckham to SA.

"Adelaide Oval is under re-construction, it's not suitable right now and AAMI Stadium we wouldn't consider it,'' Griffin said after the home of the SANFL failed to meet FIFA criteria for international football.

"Hindmarsh is the only stadium where we could realistically play.''

Adelaide however does have an A-League club fight on its hands for Beckham's signature.

Melbourne Heart is primed to lure Beckham to Victoria given its home stadium, AAMI Park, is nearly twice the capacity of Hindmarsh Stadium's 16,500 capacity.

The LA Galaxy midfielder's Galaxy season comes to an end on December 2 - if it makes the final of the MLS Cup.

Galaxy is in the MSL Cup Conference Finals, facing Seattle Sounders in the second leg today after taking a 3-0 first leg lead at Home Depot Stadium in California.

Beckham, 37, could join former Italian and Juventus forward Alessandro Del Piero (Sydney FC) and ex-Liverpool and England striker Emile Heskey (Newcastle) as another superstar after the pair signed A-League contracts this season.

The ex-Real Madrid and AC Milan superstar has been initially earmarked for a 10-game guest stint.

The former England captain has been faced with this type of scenario before when Galaxy loaned him out to AC Milan - twice for a reported $1.5 million for each loan stint.

The Forbes list of the world's highest paid athletes claimed Beckham came in eighth this year, earning a reported $46 million.

His LA Galaxy salary amounted to $9 million while he was worth $37 million in endorsements.

According to figures from the MLS union, Galaxy paid $3 million for Beckham's base salary before a guaranteed compensation after taking a 40 per cent pay cut when he re-signed a two-year deal last year.